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Susette Kelo and the Supremes

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS, or as we are calling them in the gun forums, SCROTUS) made a world-class boo-boo yesterday when they ruled in favor of the the New London township in Kelo vs. New London. I'm sure you've heard of the ruling - it empowers local government to utilize Eminent Domain to claim land that can be given to other private parties and corporations, if it "serves the public good." Other private parties? Like companies that take their millions and contribute to the local elected officials' campaigns?

First, a couple of months ago, it was "cops can have a dog crawl up your asshole while looking for contraband - that's not illegal search," then "the Interstate Commerce Clause says we can do and claim anything where any article of clothing or molecule of air could have been passed by a truck that was ever made or travelling through any other state than the one you're in," now, it's "we can steal your private property and give it to some other entity so that we can tax them a hell of a lot more than you, and they only have to pay you 'fair market value' (that we set, <chuckle chuckle>."

Soon, the Supremes will somehow find a way to twist the 14th Amendment to come into your house and tell you that you can't worship the God you want, and to "ensure the safety of the officials," they'll be sending men to collect any guns or particularly sharp kitchen knives you don't have a registration permit to own.

All for the children - no, too " '90s" - greater public good, of course.

posted by: underwhelmed at June 24, 2005 08:57 | link | comments (2) |

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#1  24 June 2005 - 22:39

 

Welcome to fascism in the good ole US of A. Of course the lefties will never understand that this is closely related to all their collectivist/socialist dreams and was a logical outcome of the crap they foisted on us for the past 60 years.

Eric

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#2  25 June 2005 - 15:19

 

We are indeed reaping what our grandparents sowed for us. "A chicken in every pot!" was the over-promise from Hoover and the Republicans, and "Make Work Projects" and the WPA were the bureaucracy-creating products from the Democrats. Their rule was 50 years - and a lot of damage was done to the American psyche in that time. It may yet be our downfall.

underwhelmed

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